STS-131 Discovery Landing Safely in Florida 20 April 2010

04/20/2010 Discovery Lands in Florida

With Commander Alan G. Poindexter and Pilot James P. Dutton Jr. at the controls, space shuttle Discovery descended to a smooth landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The STS-131 crew members concluded their successful mission to the International Space Station when the shuttle touched down at 9:08 a.m. EDT.

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[blakman7]

@Candicealexander Yes

[absba9]

i would love to see those hoax folks try to land a space shuttle

[DaBomb1]

My god that was exhilarating.

[Dressage9603]

holy crap that was cool

[sledger25]

hahaha... i love those sonic booms

[evers91]

@Candicealexander sonic booms as it drops through the speed of sound.

[Candicealexander]

i dont believe ANY OF THIS! 2 TONS of old materials? HUH???!! Can you say that we can actually DO THIS. WHy dont we just bring TONS of foreign materials to EARTH???? My taxes are paying for this and I AM PISSED!!

[Candicealexander]

what was that BOOM at 3 minutes 6 seconds?

[mach25man]

@terratec365 Yea, this lady has been know to say incorrect things many times. I think she says 10 miles in altitude at 2:15 or so. Either way, their hauling butt !

[terratec365]

@mach25man Well, if the figures are wrong (and I only quoted what she said) it could be cos she was doing other things at the time - like applying slap to her face, and doing her nails.